A Louisiana Christmas

Like everyone else, we do a lot of driving during the holiday season. This year, we celebrated the Spence Christmas (my father's side of the family) in Monroe, Louisiana. My cousin, Brian, and his family hosted. They have four beautiful children and, obviously, a house full of toys. SO - Jake was in heaven. The trip down there was LONG, but Jake was so happy the entire time. He only slept 20 minutes of the trip, which really suprised me.

We got to do a little shopping and went out to eat with my parents, brother and nephew. Jake spent his first night in a hotel and then we celebrated Christmas the next day. All in all, it was a great trip, and I couldn't be prouder of the way Jake behaved!

Unfortunately, it was two days in a row with no nap, so he's out of wack there. But, we had a great time and are so glad we went. Its great to get together with so much family and remember all the good times we've had. Its also crazy to see that all of the cousins, who were once the "children", now have children! We've all been very blessed to have had such wonderful, healthy year!

Here are few pictures from our trip. More pics to come after Christmas! Merry Christmas to all!!!

My cute parents!

Pappaw and Jake

My dad and his three brothers

All the kiddos!

L-R: Maggie, Johnathan, Madison, Kate, Hunter, Jake and Brody

Dale and Uncle Ronny

My brother and sweet little Maggie

The boys playing Wii

The Holiday Season is Here!

No excuses! Its been FOREVER since I've updated the blog. So, I'll do my best to recap!

We had a GREAT Thanksgiving holiday and got to make all the rounds - Marion, Carlisle, & the Razorback game. Thankfully, the Razorbacks had a big win and the entire weekend ended with a bang!

Jake has been busy getting ready for all his Christmas programs! He is in a program this week at church and is one next week at daycare. CRAZY! I can't wait to see how they get him to be still and participate in a Christmas program. So cute!

Greg and I had a little weekend get-a-way in Los Angeles last weekend. Greg had to go for work, so I decided to tag along. I got to do some shopping, eat a couple of really good meals, catch a movie and even get a facial. Kinda nice, huh?!?!

We're so excited about Christmas this year and watching our little man get all his gifts, see his cousins and just enjoy the excitement of the holidays. Jake is just so much fun right now. Last night, Greg and I took him to Wal-Mart and then to eat pizza. Jake was a hoot the entire time. He belly laughs at everything and is SUCH A FLIRT! This is such a fun age.

In work related news, my company had to let go of about 1100 reps last week. I had no idea whether I would have a job on Friday or not, but turns out - I do. I guess God's plan is for me to "sell drugs" a little longer. However, lots of GREAT people got let go, and I'm still upset about that.

Here are some pics from the last few weeks.... (Lauren Lea Photography took most of them)


Jake and his cousin, Jack. I LOVE this picture and the next. These two always have so much fun together.

This is how Jake carries his sippy cup around the house! We like to pretend he's going to soon replace that sippy with a football!

CAUGHT RED-HANDED playing in Roxy's water bowl!

Museum of Discovery

This morning, Greg's cousin, April, and I took our boys to The Museum of Discovery in Little Rock. Jack - April's son - is four and adores Jake. The two of them really enjoyed running all of the place and climbing on everything. We had a great time and even got to enjoy lunch at Jason's Deli on the way back home.

Greg spent the day in the deer woods trying to track down the infamous big buck I hear about every year. No luck this time, but I'm sure he'll bring us home some deer meat soon!

Hope everyone had a great week!

Pumpkin Patch Fun!

We took Jake to a local pumpkin patch after work on Friday. He had so much fun playing in the dirt and choosing his pumpkin! Enjoy the pics and this cooler weather...